Theodora
Americannoun
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a.d. 508–548, Byzantine empress: consort of Justinian I.
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a female given name: derived from Theodore.
noun
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Jack, 40, also has another daughter with Aree Gearheart, three-year-old Maple, and three daughters - Pearl Clementine, Andy Rose and Minnie Theodora with ex-wife Lisa Stelly.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Other invitees include a flighty young woman named Theodora and the homeowner’s nephew Luke; they join the scheming Montague and the home’s caretakers, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
He tells me that everything "clicked into place" for him when his first child, daughter Theodora, known as Teddy, who was born in 2012.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Angels attorney Todd Theodora did not suggest a specific percentage, but conceded the jury might find Kay partially responsible for Skaggs’ death.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025
“Maybe it will go on down the other side of the hall,” Theodora whispered, and Eleanor thought that the oddest part of this indescribable experience was that Theodora should be having it too.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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